"crappy" The WWF finally stumbles across a style that gets them to the mainstream and this guys calls it "crappy". For an American worker with zero time training or working in Japan, The Rock's pretty damn good. "Good" as in, I'm actually interested in watching his matches and I don't feel like I've wasted my time like I did the last time I watched a HHH or Stone Cold match. Sure, he's not a technical Marvel like Benoit, but when you think about it, how many guys in the WWF are? Add in the fact that he's not half-crippled like Stone Cold or looking more like Scott Steiner every day like HHH, and you have a pretty good wrestler. Oh yeah, and The Rock has yet to cause a gigantic backstage furor with his politicking like a few other "boys" in the back.

Also, yeah, the next 1st time WWF champ will probably be Benoit (Hey, they have those nice backstory conflicts with Jericho, Stone Cold AND HHH, may as well get some use out of it.). Personally, I'd rather see them go with a bit of a swerve and have The Hurricane win the title in a Mulkey-Brothers style fluke win! ;-)

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I'm not watching Backlash, so I'm not sure how it went. But barring any big surprises, would it be way too premature to say Brock Lesnar? Honestly, probably RVD or Benoit before him, but is it that unbelievable?

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Originally posted by The Vile OneRock? a good wrestler, could've fooled me. I think he's good when he wants to be. But usually he's just an average who worker who excels at the crappy WWF wrestling style.

The term "good worker" is somewhat of a misnomer depending on what your definition of it is. If you're definition just deals with whoever can execute moves the best or sell every punch like they've been shot out of cannon, than yes, Rock is not very good.

But if your definition includes someone who knows how to time every punch right to get the best effect, someone who knows how to be able to emote to an enormous live crowd and be aware of exactly what to do to bring the crowd into the match, then there is no one better than the Rock.

I've alway wondered at the mentality of people who consider grown men who have to drop eachother on their heads 15 times a match to get a reaction out of the crowd more talented than someone who can make millions of dollars for himself, his employer, and everyone else involved in professional wrestling with a raise of his eyebrow.

I'm not watching Backlash, so I'm not sure how it went. But barring any big surprises, would it be way too premature to say Brock Lesnar? Honestly, probably RVD or Benoit before him, but is it that unbelievable?

Yes it's too premature. The guy hasn't even opened his mouth yet! He could sound just like Michael Jackson for all we know. If big scary-looking dude + high-impact power moves = world champion, such talents as the The Warlord, Ron Reese, & Sid would all champs by now. Hey, wait a minute...

Now I'm sure Lesnar is a better wrestler than these three but come on. We've seen this guy squash jobbers and flex for a month. That's it. Let's see if he can actually wrestle a non-squash match and say three words in a row before we start talking about him as IC champ, much less World Champ. On the other, there's Goldberg.

Originally posted by The Vile OneRock? a good wrestler, could've fooled me. I think he's good when he wants to be. But usually he's just an average who worker who excels at the crappy WWF wrestling style.

I'm guessing RVD. I mean, I'd like to see Benoit as champion, but it's obvious the wrestling ability isn't the first thing they're looking for. The smarks love him, but I'm not convinced he can really get over with the fans. Also, do they want to put someone at the top of the card who has had a ton of injury problems and will probably continue to have them?

So I think RVD will get there before Benoit. Actually, it wouldn't surprise me if Lesnar got there before Benoit.

Takei that's what I mean when the Rock excels at the WWF wrestling style. The wwf wrestling style has always been light and formulaic for the most part. Its based more on the crowd playing the style and not the style playing the crowd. I have to prefer the latter. And while Rock can get a crowd excited and throw some punches and do the elbow drop, his execution looks rather sloppy at times and he can't sell technical moves to save his life.

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